This is the result of an overview published by the federal ministry of finance. 248 investigations into the violations have been initiated in the construction cleaning industry. In the care sector, for which a minimum wage ordinance was only introduced in 2010, there were 50 cases.

There is no general statutory minimum wage in germany. However, specific minimum wages have been agreed in 13 industries – most recently hairdressers. They range from an initial 6.50 euros per hour in the eastern german hairdressing trade to 13.70 euros per hour in the western german construction trade. In total, nearly five million employees work in the industries. For years, the construction industry has been particularly susceptible to wage dumping and undeclared work.

The figures on the violations are based on a response from the ministry of finance to a question from the greens in the bundestag, which was made available to dpa and reported earlier by the "suddeutsche zeitung" (thursday). According to this, 26,775 employers in the main and ancillary construction trades were inspected last year. The fines imposed in the industry for minimum wage violations amount to almost twelve million euros.

FDP leader philipp rosler called on his party to pass a resolution on regional and industry-specific minimum wages at the national party conference in may. "It behooves us liberals to take a look at the realities of life. We see that wages of three euros have nothing to do with fairness of performance," he told "spiegel online.

"We are in favor of collective bargaining autonomy, but what about the people who work in industries and regions where there are no agreements between the bargaining parties??", rosler continues. This is an issue "where a party committed to the social market economy is called for". The FDP leadership wants to propose a wage floor at the national party conference on 4 may./5. May in nurnberg, a decision was reached on regional and industry-specific minimum wages. However, the FDP continues to reject nationwide minimum wages.

The minimum wage for hairdressers could have a noticeable effect on customers’ wallets, according to verdi boss frank bsirske. For a new haircut, they may be allowed to dig deeper into their pockets. "I don’t want to rule that out completely," bsirske told dpa. But a minimum wage for service providers would mean that millions of people would earn more. Individual price increases could thus also be better absorbed.

The "finanzkontrolle schwarzarbeit" (FKS) of the customs is responsible for the monitoring of minimum wages and the fight against illegal work and employment. According to an answer to another, earlier grunen inquiry, of the 6769 positions reported for 2013, "arithmetically, 495 positions were vacant on 1 january 2013," according to the ministry of finance. June 2012 unoccupied".

With the extension of minimum wage limits to other sectors, more checks by the "financial control of illegal employment" investigators will also be necessary. According to the annual customs report presented a month ago, a total of 543,000 people were inspected last year for illegal employment, moonlighting and violations of minimum wage requirements (2011: 524,000). Approximately 66,000 employers (68,000) were checked. Damages of more than 750 million euros (660 million euros) were incurred.) uncovered and 104,283 investigation proceedings (109,166) initiated.

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In the oberhaider district of staffelbach, there is a need for action with regard to the sewer network. This is a result of the 2009 camera survey, after which an overview of the entire staffelbach network, a so-called sewer cadastre, was drawn up. A kind of priority list has also been created, showing what needs to happen first and where. Everything is of course a question of money. Rough estimates presented max brust (engineering company weyrauther) to the community council. He arrived at an amount of about 1.2 to 1.4 million euros to be "put" into the channel had to.

The sewer network in staffelbach has a total length of almost seven kilometers in 214 connections. The attitude is the connecting distance between two shafts designated. The buildings, in turn, were divided into five condition classes. Whereby 72 (34 percent) are in order, but for 17 (8 percent) an immediate repair of the damage is necessary. For 63 (20 percent) it must happen in the short term and for 13 (6 percent) it is enough if it happens in the long term.

The implementation can be carried out by a renewal, in which the pipeline is replaced and thus dug up (open method). Furthermore, there is a renovation, the so-called inliner method, in which work is done inside the canal (closed construction). Finally, there are the repairs. A robot repairs the damage at certain points.

In addition to the structural condition, the respective hydraulic conditions were also assessed. There is a need for action in hirtenstrabe and kirchackerstrabe. There, the channels are too weakly dimensioned with diameters of 250 and 400 millimeters. On a length of 100 meters 300 millimeters and on 15 meters 500 millimeters were necessary. In view of future sealing, brust sees a need for action here.

Considering the structural and hydraulic needs, about 945 meters had to be renewed – cost 550 000 to 650 000 euros. A renovation would cost 587 meters (350,000 to 400,000) and a repair 3879 meters (3330,000 to 350,000 euros).

In conclusion, brust suggested to the municipal council that sensible construction phases be formed, based on need and cash situation, and that synergy effects be taken into account. In turn, he has his sights set on completion by 2020. Now it’s up to the building and environment committee.

Another issue has already been decided: the contributions that are due for parents of kindergarten children who attend the municipal kindergarten. Since 2007, these have not been changed, but the personnel costs have always increased, so explained mayor carsten joneits (SPD) the initial situation for this agenda item. With the increase of the fees one wants to avoid at the same time a competition of the three kindergarten resident in the municipality. In addition to the rainbow kindergarten, there is also the cyriakus kindergarten in staffelbach and the maria helf kindergarten in oberhaid, which is also run by the church. Thus, the fees should be identical.

The increase will be moderate, says joneitis. For the booking hours, the increase is 7.50 per month, and for the bread-time allowance, two euros (in the morning) or. 3 euro (all day) and at the spielgeld the amount also increases by 2 euro. For the flood victims and especially for a severely damaged kindergarten in passau, the committee donates the meeting fee and the parliamentary group fee. The oberhaid fire department can look forward to the purchase of a portable fire engine (replacement purchase, including portable fire engine) in the coming year, according to the detailed statements of its commandant.

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The country has the highest percentage of slaves in terms of population. In absolute numbers, the most slaves lived in india: 14 million people.

Western countries landed in the bottom quarter of the slave index. "But that does not mean that there are no slaves in these countries," the report states. Germany comes in 136th out of 162 countries. Around 10,000 people are to live here like slaves. The authors admit that they arrived at this figure only by mathematical comparison with other countries. "Because modern slavery is a hidden crime, the true numbers are probably higher," it says. At the bottom of the ranking – i.E. With the fewest problems – are nine european countries and new zealand.

"Modern slavery has many forms," it continues. "Human trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, abuse of children in armed conflicts", are paid off. "Victims of modern slavery are denied freedom and are used and controlled by others, either for money, sex, or for the lust of domination."

Slavery has deep roots in mauritania, write authors. Slave families were inherited like other owning families, and children of slaves also became serfs again. Haiti and pakistan are in second and third place. In absolute numbers, china (3 million) and pakistan (2.1 million) follow india by a wide margin. Russia is the only country in the top ten that is not from asia or africa, with a good half million slaves.

Australian commodities magnate andrew forrest founded the "walk free" foundation with his own money a few months ago, according to a spokeswoman. Their mission is the abolition of slavery. She wants to publish a similar report every year from now on. Lead author is american anthropologist and sociologist kevin bales, who has been researching slavery for years. According to a spokeswoman for the foundation, "walk free" took its data material as well as information from the UN children’s fund unicef on the marriage of minors and information on human trafficking and used it to calculate the number of slaves in individual countries.

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A senior citizens’ center in poland has temporarily suspended its weekly bingo game because it may be illegal. According to their own statements, the social enterprises in koln were made aware of the impending conflict with the law last year. "When money is wagered on a bingo game, it may fall under the gambling treaty", said managing director gabriele patzke on monday. "We ourselves were completely stunned that we, as an institution for the elderly, might be running an illegal game of chance."

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according to the senior center, the weekly game had always been attended by about 100 seniors in a coarse hall. Those who wanted to participate had to draw a card for 50 cents to one euro. The money was used to fund small prizes, such as chocolate.

The problem

In the opinion of the legal experts, this may have fulfilled the criteria of the state treaty on gambling. Because the seniors bet their own money and the game was basically public. Pending clarification, bingo was therefore suspended in december.
But the break should soon be over. According to its own statements, the senior center has put everything in place as quickly as possible to obtain the necessary approval. There were already new bingo dates.

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That's exactly why a man from the habberge district got into an awkward situation when he had to answer to the magistrate's court in habfurt on wednesday. Because he was able to prove to the judge that he had purchased the article in good faith, the case against him was finally dropped.
What happened? On christmas eve last year, of all days, a 42-year-old sold a hammer drill on an internet portal with. The tool was advertised as new in original packaging. The craftsman wanted to use the tool at home for his house and yard.

As is usually the case in these countries, the auction started at one euro. The man from the northern habbergs placed a maximum bid of 470 euros. New he had to put about 1000 euros for the high-quality machine on the counter. The craftsman was naturally pleased when he won the bid with 441 euros. He paid by bank transfer, and the product he had been promised was actually sent to him within a few days.

In rough style

However, his dismay at the supposed lucky purchase came to an end some time later. It turned out that the seller had stolen tools from his former employer and sold them on the internet platform.

In the meantime, the thief, who lives far away in the rhineland, was convicted of theft. The local buyer was summoned by the police, and the stolen goods were taken into custody by the officers. The hammer does not belong to him, but to the company as legal owner. So the money was gone and the goods too.

And that is not all. The unlucky man could not believe his eyes when he later received mail from the public prosecutor's office. The company reproached him for becoming bright-eyed at such a snapshot and presented him with a most unpleasant receipt: a penalty order for 1200 euros. Basis: section 259 of the penal code – receiving stolen goods. Whoever buys, obtains, disposes of or helps to dispose of a thing that has been stolen from another person is liable to prosecution. Fencing is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years or a fine.

Objection

The bruised buyer appealed this decision. His defender helmut gebhardt argued that new goods are often offered cheaply at internet auctions partly because they are discontinued or pre-owned models. In addition, he says, there is no guarantee with private suppliers, which puts downward pressure on the price. His client could therefore not have suspected that it was stolen property.

Judge roland wiltschka agreed with this opinion. The guilt was classified as small and the procedure was stopped. "The 441 euros", the presiding judge finally said to the man "that was enough to teach him a lesson. But in the future, you should be more careful with alleged snaps on the internet!".

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The city of kronach now saves around 25,000 euros a year in heating costs. Ten percent less money has to be spent on energy costs and about 248 tons less co2 per year than in previous years will be blown into the air in the future. This is possible thanks to the new wood pellet heating system, which heats the rooms in the kronach town hall and three other houses in the upper town.

For the mayor of kronach, wolfgang beiergroblein (), it is clear that the 350,000 euro investment has been well spent. He pointed out that in the past there were often problems with the former heating system from 1973, consisting of two gas boilers, each with an output of 750 kilowatts. He is pleased that the city council finally unanimously approved the renewal of the heating system with expansion of the local heating network at the may 2009 meeting after detailed discussions.

Two pellet boilers with a capacity of 200 kilowatts and 110 kilowatts respectively, as well as three buffer storage tanks, have now been installed. To cover peak demand, for example at very cold temperatures, a low-temperature oil-fired boiler was also installed as an emergency heat generator. A pellet store with a blow-in system was also built in the second basement of the town hall, with a rough volume of about 50 cubic meters, sufficient for 33 tons of pellets. And since two residential buildings in the festungsstrabe 1 and 3 were also connected, a district heating pipeline with about 65 meters of piping had to be laid to them.

According to city planner daniel gerber, it was also important to him and his team to adjust the requirements to actual consumption. There was an overcapacity in the previous heating plant. Wolfgang beiergroblein pointed out that the city had benefited from being able to take advantage of the k-program for renewable energies for the construction of automatically fed plants for the combustion and gasification of solid biomass. Thus the repayment by grants is demanded.

Solar plant was not possible

With regard to the question of whether a solar system for hot water consumption would not have been appropriate, gerber pointed out that this option had not been possible because of the historic buildings, which are often also listed, and also because of the cityscape and ultimately also because of the cost.

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Franz beckenbauer disappears into the pouring rain after receiving the bavarian sports award. It is one of his rare public appearances.

The german soccer icon has signed autographs, posed for photos, argued with his longtime companion gunter netzer, received the bavarian sports award as the sportsman of the century, posed for the 2006 world cup, signed autographs again and finally posed for photos again.

When beckenbauer makes his way to an exit of the BMW world in munich after the gala on saturday, a crowd of people follows him. That’s how it is when the man who was once just franz, then the emperor, finally the shining light of german soccer, and for a few years now rather just beckenbauer, appears before the public again. “Franz, with his elegance and lightness, has brought fubball, as he interpreted it, close to art,” said netzer, who held the laudatory speech for beckenbauer.

Beckenbauer also achieved the feat of becoming world champion as a player and as a coach. The three national championship cups he won with FC bayern munchen in 1974, 1975 and 1976, or his five german championships as a libero, are almost mere ornaments in comparison. “He was the best before his time, the best during his time, and nothing better came after him,” praised netzer, who has known beckenbauer for more than 50 years. Netzer was also the one who brought beckenbauer to hamburg SV in the early 1980s.

In his witty laudatory speech, the 73-year-old allowed himself a curious comparison – but at least he was ahead of beckenbauer in one respect. The man from munich-giesing has “four bypasses, I have six,” said the man from monchengladbach. “This is a dubious competition, we both didn”t wish for it,” netzer admitted to laughter from the audience.

There is no laughter when beckenbauer is asked about the 2006 world cup affair. It"s all about a shadow that has been cast over the former light figure. At the center of the affair is a payment of millions that flowed in 2002 from an account of the world cup organization head beckenbauer via switzerland to qatar to a company of the then FIFA functionary mohamed bin hammam.

Beckenbauer had previously received a million euro sum from former adidas boss robert louis-dreyfus for this payment. The world cup organizing committee paid back the equivalent of 6.7 million euros to louis dreyfus in a false declaration in april 2005. It is still not clear what the money was originally used for.

The accusations are "lies and lies", beckenbauer emphasized, "I have always said that". "You form your own opinion, you have no way of going against it, I gave up on that, haven’t said anything since," he explained nuchternly. "I have given information to the people who asked for it. I have done that, everything else has become more or less indifferent to me. It’s just hard to talk about."

The time after the world cup 2006 has cost beckenbauer strength. The now 72-year-old also admits this himself. "Hospital, rehab, hospital, rehab" had alternated with beckenbauer in his younger days. "I actually feel quite well. When you’re over 70 and approaching 80, a little exaggeratedly expressed, it just pinches a bit."Anyway, only one thing is important for beckenbauer: "i’m still alive, that’s the crucial thing for once."

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Carwow plans to use the money primarily to expand its business in its existing markets of the united kingdom, germany and spain. In addition to daimler, several german car dealers also participated in the financing round. On carwow, users can select a vehicle and are then redirected to dealers in their area.

The industry is having to adapt its business models to the fact that city dwellers in particular are buying fewer cars and brand loyalty is much lower than it used to be. In addition, the industry could be heading for a future with self-driving robotaxis, in which car sales will fall and the money will instead be earned primarily from the operation of the driving services.

Data from carwow gave car manufacturers an insight into the buyers’ decision-making process that they otherwise would not have had, said the head of carwow germany, philipp sayler von amende, to the german press agency. "We see, which competition vehicles the customer has configured, which vehicles he has actually requested from the dealer and what he has bought in the end at which price."On average, a user configures four models from three brands when making a selection.

Daimler manager axel harries, who is head of sales at mercedes-benz cars, becomes a member of carwow’s board of directors. The platform is open to accepting other car manufacturers in later financing rounds, said sayler of amende.

Carwow had started in great britain in 2012, came to germany in 2016 and started in spain in 2018. Traders deposit with the platform in advance the discounts they are willing to grant, so that they are displayed to users directly during configuration.

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